Pixel Boy and the ever expanding dungeon is an Action-RPG Shoot-em-up with dynamically generated stages across twenty levels and four acts each with an epic boss. Players can stack and combine power ups into over 6000 different powerful weapons as well as craft custom armours to overcome the dangers of the dungeon.

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February 24

These are the latest fixes and changes to Pixel Boy. Thanks to the community for their support.

**** CHANGES / FIXES ****
•The following achievements have been recoded and double check to now work:

Key Master

Crammed Keychain

Treasure Trump

Baller

Shot Caller

Surfing Like Scrooge

•The unusual frame rate issues have been addressed.
•Resolution Dialog Box has been restored for the time being
•Resolutions changes made in the options menu will now take effect when leaving the options menu.
•The Hardcore score is now correctly being recorded.

If you find more issues or there are any inconsistencies please email us at info@giantboxgames.com or post on the forums.

February 8

These are the latest fixes and changes to Pixel Boy. Thanks to the community for their support.

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•Now allow players to hold 'ALT' when launching the game (before it opens) to open the resolution dialog in case of video/resolution problems. This also seems to give access to some incredibly complicated Input menu that we are looking into and will sort out in a later update hopefully :)
•Fixed some rare Linux on-launch issues preventing users from properly opening the game
•Made several graphical fixes throughout the game
•Addressed several Keyboard / Controller bugs
•Fixed many other small bugs reported to us by players, thanks :)

If you find more issues or there are any inconsistencies please email us at info@giantboxgames.com or post on the forums.

“The art design is fabulous, in that it slightly modernized the 8-bit theme, then puked neon all over it”
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About This Game

Pixel Boy is an Action-RPG Shoot-em-up with dynamically generated stages across four acts each with an epic boss finale. Players can craft custom armours as well as stack and combine power ups into over 6000 different powerful weapons to overcome the dangers of the dungeon.

Help Pixel Boy on his arduous journey to become the Hero of Resolutia and this year’s Dungeon Runner’s World Champion!

Pixel Boy is a dungeon crawling top down Action Shooter. You control Pixel Boy and enter the randomly generated dungeons below the town of Resolutia. There are four acts in total, each with a powerful boss at their climax. Every dungeon is filled to the brim with aggressive and deadly enemies. As Pixel Boy you will encounter swarms of giant ants, packs of snapping dogs and even lethal dungeon birds. To help Pixel Boy bear this burden there are many tools at your disposal. Various pixel powerups can be found or purchased to help Pixel Boy overcome the treacherous dungeons beneath Resolutia.

Spreadshot, Shields, Splitshot, Heat seekers, Critical Strike Modifiers, Time Stoppers and much more are available. Three pixel powers can be equipped at a time and are stackable AND combinable so that Pixel Boy can find the best combination of over 6000 powers to defeat his adversaries most efficiently.

Various types and tiers of armours can be crafted by obtaining the appropriate armour orbs dropped within the dungeons depths. Each piece of armour has different effects, abilities and levels of power dependent on its tier and orbs used to create it.

Throughout the dungeon Pixel Boy may encounter a variety of randomly generated unique rooms. Make sure Pixel Boy pockets any keys he finds, as treasure rooms have chests that are always locked to protect their secrets. Be wary every time Pixel Boy moves from room to room, as simply entering a room could trigger a dangerous trap; locking him in the room until every monster has been defeated within. Pixel Boy should also pay close attention to torches as they could lead the way to secrets and treasures. Collect all the coins Pixel Boy finds and spend them on items, powerups and armour at the shops back in town.

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We would like to extend a big thank you to everyone that has supported us along our journey in the development of Pixel Boy, you all kick butt and have made it super worthwhile. If you would like to follow us or discuss anything Pixel Boy related, feel free to visit our site, twitter, and like us on Facebook. Please don't hesitate to let us know about a bug, error, exploit or heck, even just something you dislike, we are always listening.

We hope to be able to continue to update the game and add features continually after release, free of charge of course.
So don't hesitate to send your suggestions and ideas.

System Requirements

Graphics: 256mb at least and nothing over... let's say, five years old.

Hard Drive: 500 MB available space

Additional Notes: It shouldn't be too much of a feat to run Pixel Boy, but if you are trying to play on a modded refrigerator, purchase at your own risk.

Recommended:

OS: Windows 7/8

Processor: Quad Core

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics: The newest of the new is obviously recommended. How much of a difference it will make, well of that we're not sure.

DirectX: Version 9.0

Hard Drive: 500 MB available space

Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE32 or Tandy 1000

Additional Notes: If these specs don't play it, there is probably something wrong with your computer, or you. Also, the sound card was a joke, sorry, bad taste to all those that are still holding out for the Sound Cards triumphant mainstream return.

Minimum:

OS: OSX 10.5+

Processor: Dual Core

Memory: 1 GB RAM

Graphics: 256mb at least and nothing over... let's say, five years old.

Hard Drive: 500 MB available space

Minimum:

OS: Most 32-bit and 64-bit Linux OS

Processor: Dual Core

Memory: 1 GB RAM

Graphics: 256mb at least and nothing over... let's say, five years old.

Good: + lets me find my own way to beat it -> I feel clever (Although I suspect the authors did not intend this but left holes in their game design instead)+ lets me shoot my own bullet hell (But see below!)+ very effective character stats system (Health, damage, range, etc. - all have direct influence. No overhead-layer with "strength, dexterity, endurance,...")+ the music+ not too easy and enough health points to not be too frustrating (your mileage my vary)

The ammunition rules in this game effectively kill most of the fun you could have had with the advertised weapon system:- Die in normal mode: lose all weapons !- Empty your ammo -> lose your current weapon !- Ammunition *as loot* drops only in ineffective doses

It is not easy to maintan armor repair costs with the loot money. But ammunition cost?! Even if I dedicate all my money to ammunition...- I can only buy ammo in town- I can only go to town before starting the next map- I can only fill up the (250 shot) magazine of the weapon. Effectively I had to use the boring one-shot default weapon most of the time because it has unlimited ammo. And only use the cool weapons sparingly. Switching these weapons on and off was an additional annoyance. (HOTKEY?!) Did I mention you lose ALL weapons when you die? I feel betrayed by the ads promising me to shoot one gorgeous pixel wave after another.

The game design also has other very rough edges. Example: Shooting the containers standing around all over the maps takes multiple shots on most containers. So I stood and fired and waited until they broke - this filled at least 25% of all time I played this game. Very annoying. Although I carried neither armor nor upgraded weapon for a long time to save money, I still needed the money from many of the containers. So why not let all of the containers break on first bullet? It would then turn around the experience and be fun instead - to see all the environment break under my bullets fast and easy. (By the way: More damage does NOT make them break faster. In later levels you even get containers that need MORE shots. FACEPALM! I suspect very short sighted game design here: "These containers look more robust, so I decide they break after 4 shots instead of 3.")

All that said - I DO like the game.

But I made it my mission to warn you and tell the truth - which the ads DO NOT.

This game is super fun. I definetely recommend this game, Worth the $10 and it's currently even on sale for $4 so pick this game up!

- Art Style is very nice - Music is awesome, i enjoyed the music in this game. In most games with such game play i usually mute the music but not in this, it's pretty upbeat and enjoyable- RPG elements with shoot em up gameplay mechanics? Yes please!- Some funny stuff thrown in there too

This is more of a casual game, in the sense that dungeons can be completed in a short amount of time. Still, I ended up becoming addicted after the first few minutes. The powerup combos are a really big plus, since you can customise your attack as you like. The graphics are interesting and different, which is appreciated. Loved it.

I like this game for many reasons and I will state them now. One: I love the graphical feel of it and even though it has a lot of vibrant lights and colors there isn't much in the way of power needed to run the game. Two: The weapon system is a very cool and new thing to me. I have seen some things similar but I have not seen something quite like this. Three: I like that it has the feel of a hack and slash game yet it has no real hack nor does it have slash. I like this game but the game play can become stale and that is a very common thing with this kind of indie came. I would like to see this game become a starting point for new developers but I can't say this game is revolutionary. I can play it for some time, but I end up becoming bored after playing for more than 45 minutes. I would give this game a 3 OUT OF 5 stars because it just can't give me the feel that I can get fro, some of my personal favorite games in this genre like Diablo III or Some other AAA games that can pull me in and always make me want to improve my skill with random armor and other things like that. So my main verdict about this game is that it needs more to pull me and any other players into the game for any sort of time. FIN

Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon. I have fallen in love. Litterally. I started playing this game after adding Nickervision on steam. 500+ hours play time. So I thought I would give it a shot, and damn good! Cheap for what it is! And Nickervision (Nick I guess his name is) is very active on steam, testing and developing the game, getting suggestions and even asking me what should be added! I've never been good at this type of thing but this game is so good! Randomized everything! Mobs, floors and more! Buy please! They deserve it!!

Reminds me of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon a bit, but more randomixed and not Pokémon

The premise of this game is great: a twin stick shooter with combinable / craftable powerups and armor, and RPG lite character leveling.

Originally, there were some balance related issues that I felt detracted from the fun too much for me to recommend the game (limited ammo on powerups combined with bugs that required more ammo to break crates and the amount of gold you could earn per level compared to what it would cost to get back all those cool powerups when they ran out) but recent changes have addressed those concerns, and the addition of controller support improved the experience even more!

There are still some minor bugs to be squashed, but overall the game is fun, and the developers are very actively engaged in listening to user feedback and fixing issues they report!

just... just too damn fun while being delightfully difficult (maybe it's just me) another great rogue-like to go along with Rogue Legacy. The pixel construction mechanic is sweet with some pretty ridiculously cool combinations. Great soundtrack that gets (pleasantly) stuck in my head and drags me back in to dungeon crawl again.Hands down the best part though is the narration at the beginning of every level, really adds a touch of zazz that any nerd can love.

This game is great!!! I recomend it to anyone who enjoys a challenge!! Combat is fun, power ups are creative and enemies and boss fight are awesome!!! Not a big fan of the narrator but its not a major problem :D

Amazingly fun game to play. Love the top down style gameplay and the graphics have a great feel to them and take me back to some of the older games I've played. Great nostalgia factor mixed with a modern twist. The developer really did a good job and thought out what would make a worthwhile game. Two thumbs up!

Game is good and dev jumped right up to help when I posted my Original review , game is saving perfectly now , game is pretty fun from what I have been able to play of it and now I can get even farther :D thanks again,